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Added on: 05/24/2022

서울퀴어문화축제 – 한국 성 소수자 프라이드를 축하

Hunter Slingbaum (헌터 스링밤) 기자

Alturi Contributor

지난 10여년 동안, 한국은 광범위한 국제적 관심의 대상이었다. 한국 대중음악(케이팝)과 한국 드라마의 인기가 지난 몇년동안 천문학적인 수준에 도달하면서 한국은 세계적인 주목을 더 받게 되었다. 그러나 한국 대중문화에서…

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Added on: 05/23/2022

Rugby: Shifting attitudes towards rainbow community lead to hopes of first gay All Black

05/22/2022

It’s been a big and progressive week for the rainbow community in sport. First, New Zealand Rugby announced it’s signed up to the Pride Pledge, and then professional…

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Added on: 05/23/2022

Starbucks to pay travel costs for trans employees getting gender-affirming care

05/22/2022

Starbucks has announced plans to cover travel costs for employees who must travel more than 100 miles to access gender-affirming care in the wake of multiple state-led…

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Added on: 05/23/2022

Gay man killed in Cape Town as Parliament considers Hate Crimes Bill

05/22/2022

The family of a man allegedly murdered for being gay is calling for justice as Parliament continues to ponder the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and…

Global News

Added on: 05/23/2022

UK plummets further down ranking of LGBTQ-friendly countries in Europe

05/22/2022

ILGA Europe’s Rainbow Map and Index has ranked European countries on the basis of their “legal and policy situation” for LGBTQ+ people each year since 2009. It…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkish police break up LGBTQ pride parade

5/20/22

Police in Turkey broke up an LGBTQ pride parade at one the country’s top public universities and detained all of the participants Friday. Riot police entered Bogazici…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Same-sex marriage support still up substantially since 2018: survey

5/22/22

As Taiwan approaches the third anniversary of its legalization of same-sex marriage on May 24, support for the right of gay couples to wed has risen to…

Global News

Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

French comedy on Russian homophobia filmed in Ukraine

5/22/22

“The Revenge of the Shiny Shrimps” follows an all-queer water polo team that lands in homophobic Russia. But the scenes had to be shot in Ukraine, before…

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Added on: 05/21/2022

Nigeria’s LGBTQ Community Fights Restrictive Cross-Dressing Bill

5/19/22

Dressed in rainbow-colored vests, members of the LGBTQ community marched in a risky demonstration in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to protest a bill introduced by lawmakers in Nigeria’s…

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Added on: 05/21/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

Global News

Added on: 05/21/2022

A crutch to continue to prejudice’: Montreal’s LGBTQ community fears stigma from monkeypox

5/20/22

David Hawkins wasn’t alive during the height of the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s, but decades later, his organization is still working on dispelling harmful myths associated…

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Added on: 05/21/2022

2022 Kentucky Teacher of the Year testifies to Congress about LGBTQ inclusion

5/20/22

When it comes to his Montgomery County High School classroom, French and English teacher Willie Carver likes to let the students take the lead. “When I see…

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Added on: 05/20/2022

DR Congo: Dejected LGBTI activist returns, despite dangers

05/19/2022

Congolese LGBTI rights activist Jeremie Safari thought he was out of the woods after he fled west in March to the anonymity of the capital city, Kinshasa,…

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Added on: 05/20/2022

‘I do not wish to be anonymous’: Doctor becomes ‘first’ Qatari to publicly come out as gay

05/19/2022

The moment Nas Mohamed knew for certain he was gay, he panicked. “I walked into a gay club and I knew I was 100 percent gay,” he tells The…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2022

Our Circle Belize Makes Strides Against LGBTQ Discrimination

05/17/2022

The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is being celebrated today, May 17. This year’s theme is “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights.” The theme is…

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Added on: 05/19/2022

Queer camp counselor was told not to come back. So they opened their own camp.

05/18/2022

Shira Berkowitz loved being a counselor at an overnight summer camp in Minnesota. In 2007, Berkowitz, then 22, was primed to become the program director for ninth-graders,…

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Added on: 05/19/2022

Chile’s LGBTQ+ street artists see work defaced with homophobic slurs

05/17/2022

SANTIAGO, May 17 (Openly) – It was meant to be an open-air museum dedicated to Chile’s LGBTQ+ community, but days after the 40-meter (131-foot) mural was completed,…

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Added on: 05/19/2022

Chinese company makes ‘coming out’ kits for queer people

05/18/2022

In the early 2000s, queer activism had finally started flourishing in China—with more and more NGOs advocating for gay rights. This, however, has gotten harder ever since Xi Jinping…

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Added on: 05/18/2022

Belgium Aims to Combat Anti-LGBTQ Assaults With New Action Plan

05/17/2022

Belgium is adopting a new plan to fight discrimination and ensure more rights for LGBTQ people as it strives to bring down the country’s high rate of…

Global News

Added on: 05/18/2022

Mexico seeks to bring those excluded due to LGBT-phobia into labor force.

05/17/2022

In a country where discrimination prevails despite legal advances, Contrata LGBTIQ has become one of the first Mexican initiatives to integrate the LGBT community, including migrants, into…

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Added on: 05/18/2022

Judge strikes down Tennessee’s transgender bathroom sign law.

05/17/2022

A federal judge struck down a Tennessee law Tuesday that would have required businesses in the state to post warning notices on their public restrooms if they…

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Added on: 05/17/2022

DRC queer rights activist forced to go into hiding.

05/17/2022

Crammed into a boat with more than 100 people, Cherie* prayed nobody would recognise her. “I wore a hat and a balaclava,” the transgender woman, 33, says…

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Added on: 05/17/2022

Jake Daniels becomes first current English footballer to come out as gay.

05/16/2022

Jake Daniels is determined to “drive change” after the teenage Blackpool forward came out as gay. The 17-year-old posted a message via the Tangerines’ website on Monday,…

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Added on: 05/17/2022

Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist.

05/16/2022

“From today, I no longer want to be called your mother, if you don’t want to change you can leave my house and come back when you…

Global News

Added on: 05/17/2022

‘Transkids,’ Israeli documentary about transgender teens, gets virtual screening.

05/16/2022

In honor of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, three Bay Area organizations will present a virtual panel discussion Tuesday about transgender identity in Israel, featuring…

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Added on: 05/16/2022

MEN HAVING SEX WITH WOMEN IS GAY, CLAIMS ‘STRAIGHT’ RIGHT-WING PODCASTER NICK FUENTES

05/15/2022

‘America First’ leader, extreme right-wing, white nationalist, and anti-LGBTQI podcaster Nick Fuentes has a reason for being an involuntary celibate heterosexual. Fuentes, who considers himself the “straightest…

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Added on: 05/16/2022

Doctor plans uterus transplant for transgender patient

05/15/2022

A doctor in India is planning to transplant a womb into a transgender woman, to enable her to carry children. New Delhi-based surgeon Dr Narendra Kaushik intends to…

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Added on: 05/16/2022

FIFA issues Warning to Qatar Hotels Over LGBTQ+ Discrimination

05/15/2022

Hotels or other service providers that discriminate against people in the LGBTQ+ community during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will have their contracts revoked, FIFA said…

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Added on: 05/16/2022

20th Queer Zagreb to Take Place Between 24 May and 5 June

05/15/2022

The festival will open with the Croatian premiere of “Yira, Yira”, a performance directed by Bruno Isaković and Nataša Rajković, at the Croatian National Theatre on 24…